Battery grip



C. E. JOHNSON.

BATTERY GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1921.

Patented July 111, 1922.

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BATTERY GRIP.

- Application filed .Tune 1,

T 0 all whom it may cancernk Be it known that I, CARL EBEN'JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chanute, 'in the county of Neosho and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Battery Grip, of which the following is a full; clear, and exact description.

his invention relates to battery grips for connecting lead wires to the battery terminals. V

The usual method employed is to have a small, threaded-bolt connected with the terminal, and co-operating with the threaded bolt a nut, which isused to clamp the wire against theterminal. This method is unsatisfactoryowing tothe fact that the nut contin'ually works loose and allows a loose con- .nectlon. It is also too slow a method of connecting the lead wires for various purposes such as testing, I I

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and durable battery grip that may be quickly operated to connect the lead wires to the terminal of an electric battery and which gives a satisfactory connection. I

This and other objects will be more clearly understood ,from the foregoing detailed description and accompanylng drawin s. I

Flgure 1 is a view of the batterygrlp showing it connected to the terminal of a battery; Figure 2 is a plan view of the battery grip and Y Figure 3 is a side elevation of the battery grip as shown in Figure 2. I

Referring to the above-mentioned figures, a battery 10 having terminals 11 and 12 has a battery grip connected to each terminal.

This battery grip consists of tWoS-shaped jaw members 13 and 14, crossing near their centers and pivoted together as at 1'5, Integral with each S-shaped jaw member a'nd extending above the pivot point 15 are handles 16 and 17. The upper ends of these handles 16 and 17 are turned at right angles to the lower portions to form finger grips 18 and 19.

The lower ends 20 and 21 of the S-shaped jaw members 13 and 14: are flattened to exspecification of Letters Patent. Patented July 111, 11922.

1921. Serial no. 474,240.

tend at right angles to the main jaw portion.

ment of the other aw membenand to guide 1 the movements of the jaw membersso that the ends 2O and 21 come together Wnen't'ne grip is closed. In this case the guide 23, as shown in Figure 2, is mounted on the jaw .member 14. A screw-24:, which carries a washer25 engages in a threaded opening 26 in jaw member 1 1 and serves to attach the leadwires 27 to the battery grip. This screw 1 might be mounted in jaw 13. V,

Thele ad wires remain attached to the grip and when it is desired to attach the grip to a batteryterminal the finger-grips 18 and 19 are pressed together thus opening the jaws 13 and 14, which are slipped over the battery terminal. The finger grips are then released and the ends 20 and 21 are brought into contact With'the battery; terminal by the spring 22. It will be seen that this gives a tight contact that will not loosen and that may be quickly removed.

Claim: 1 I

A battery grip, comprising S-shaped jaw the jaw members in engagement with oneanother, screwattaching. means mounted on one of the jaw members, and a guide for COD-7 trolling the-movements of the jaw members associated with them.

' CARL EBEN JOHNSON.

members pivoted near their upper ends, 

